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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.02

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated January 30, 1996, which appears on
page 34 of the 1995 Annual Report to Stockholders of HNC Software Inc., which is
incorporated by reference in HNC Software Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 1995. We also consent to the incorporation by
reference of our report on the Financial Statement Schedule, which appears on
page 29 of such Annual Report on Form 10-K. We also consent to the incorporation
by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated
January 30, 1996, except as to the stock split which is as of April 3, 1996 and
as to the pooling of interests with Risk Data Corporation which is as of August
30, 1996 and as to the repayment of all of Risk Data Corporation's outstanding
debt which is as of September 11, 1996 and as to the pooling of interests with
Retek Distribution Corporation which is as of November 29, 1996 and as to the
increase in the number of shares reserved for issuance under the 1995 Equity
Incentive Plan which is as of December 6, 1996, appearing on page 3 of HNC
Software Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 19, 1996. We also
consent to the incorporation by reference of our report on the Financial
Statement Schedule, which appears on page 20 of such Current Report on Form 8-K.






PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP

San Diego, California
December 26, 1996